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- Develop and implement the company's strategic plan and vision and ensure alignment with the mission and values of the organization.- Lead the development and launch of the cybersecurity threat modeling SaaS platform and oversee ongoing product development and enhancements.- Drive sales and marketing efforts to increase market share and revenue and identify new business opportunities and partnerships.- Manage financial resources, including budgeting, forecasting, and investor relations.- Build and maintain a strong team culture and provide leadership and mentorship to employees across all departments.- Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, investors, and industry partners.- Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards.

• Implemented Zero Trust Architecture: Designed and implemented a Zero Trust security model across the Marine Corps enterprise, enhancing network security and data protection.• DevOps Integration: Integrated cybersecurity measures into DevOps pipelines across the enterprise, ensuring secure code deployment and continuous monitoring of applications.• Cloud Security Expertise: Led the transition and development of enterprise to cloud-based architectures, ensuring secure data migration and establishing robust cloud security protocols.• Risk Assessment & Mitigation: Conducted regular risk assessments and developed mitigation strategies to address potential security threats based on cyber threat intelligence in a timely manner.• Security Policies & Procedures: Developed and enforced cybersecurity policies and procedures in line with Marine Corps standards and federal regulations.• Team Leadership & Training: Led cybersecurity professionals across the enterprise, providing training and mentorship to ensure adherence to best practices in Zero Trust, DevOps, and Cloud security.

•Spearheaded the development and implementation of information systems security policies and procedures for the United States Marine Corps (USMC) in accordance with federal guidelines and regulations, including NIST, FIPS, FedRAMP, and RMF.•Directed and oversaw a team of security professionals to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of a DoD portfolio of information systems and data of over $3 billion.•Conducted comprehensive risk assessments and vulnerability scans to identify potential security threats and weaknesses in DoD systems and applications.•Facilitated coordination with stakeholders and third-party vendors to ensure DoD systems and applications met security requirements and specifications during system engineering and acquisitions processes.•Provided strategic advice to senior leadership on emerging threats and trends in the cybersecurity landscape and advised on strategies to improve information security posture and resilience.•Conducted in-depth security audits and reviews, delivered comprehensive training programs, and presented insightful security briefings to senior leadership and other stakeholders.

- Regularly interact with VP level staff on security concerns, status updates, and strategic goals of systems architecture.- Develop Pink Team technical documentation for the successful contract award valued at over $160 million.- Lead a team of 7 senior cybersecurity professionals to secure a portfolio of 77 systems totaling over $6 billion.- Manage security operations and accreditation in support of acquisitions and systems engineering utilizing cloud, DevSecOps (DSO), model based systems engineering (MBSE), and joint product environment for portfolio.- Develop a Cloud Implementation Strategy for strategic application of cloud adoption across the portfolio.- Develop a DevSecOps Implementation Strategy for transition of systems to Agile development/deployment.- Generate documentation for program security implementation and ensure the DoD RMF standards are maintained.- Step in as ISSM/ISSO for systems as needed to ensure programmatic timelines are met.

- Advise on cloud security implementation for efficiency and automation within organizational requirements.- Advise executive leadership on Agile/DevSecOps implementation for system acquisition, development, and portfolio management.- Develop a Cloud Implementation Strategy for strategic application of cloud adoption across the portfolio.- Brief executive leadership on the status of certification and authorization (C&A) project tasks for multiple DoD systems acquisitions.- Apply cloud security expertise to maneuver vendor products through the NIST RMF and DoD standards and requirements to support the warfighters needs.- Generate documentation for program security implementation and ensure the DoD RMF standards are maintained.- Verify vulnerability management controls are implemented, tested, and mitigated to ensure security is maintained across the enterprise.

- Support Army Intelligence and Security Command, Director of Compliance Branch by conducting operations across the globe and ensuring secure communication channels and end-point security.- Manage Security Center (ACAS) vulnerability compliance and security configuration for US Government customers totaling over 300,000 assets, 17 remote sites, and 3 geographical zones.- Use eMASS, CMRS, and the RMF process for continuous monitoring to establish an enterprise ATO across multiple networks.- Manage McAfee compliance, security, for over 20,000 assets and 15 remote sites.- Manage information flow in big data platform to correlate security check ingest.- Automate security tasks through SIEM and SOAR utilities.- Assess the security controls for workstations, servers, storage, networking, printers, mobile devices, cloud, and virtual environments to ensure they are using mandated and industry recommended security best practices.

- Direct incident response against cybersecurity incidents across a nationwide network and distributed assets leveraging Tenable Security Center (ACAS) and McAfee EPO (HBSS).- Evaluate current operations security posture and new asset deployments in operational and training environments, both remotely and on-site.- Advise executive leadership on ISO 27001 compliance, Risk Management Framework, and organization policy, while assisting new tool deployment during COVID-19 transition to a distributed work environment.- Train senior staff on new and emerging threats and best practices to maintain security.- Lead an extended security team of administrators and security technicians and ensured uninterrupted business continuity.

- Design, monitor, and enforce ISO 27001, Risk Management Framework (RMF), and organizational cybersecurity standards for clients spread over a multinational region.- Design, develop and implement security architectures per ISO 27001, DIACAP, and RMF standards while ensuring these architectures supported organizations' business requirements.- Develop certification and accreditation (C&A) packages for over systems and exercises.- Advise and consult with executive leadership to increase the organization's security posture to meet standards with new technology deployments and upgrades.- Engineer and configure enterprise security standards through endpoint/network security, Tenable Security Center (ACAS), McAfee EPO (HBSS), device hardening (STIG/GPOs), SIEM solutions, and FortiGate Firewalls.- Lead security teams to improve and maintain the highest level of security over a multi-state environment.

- Award: Exceptional Achievement Award: Obtained three “Hat Trick” (three applicants in one month) and one “Heavy Hitter” (four applicants in one month) awards across four consecutive months.- Evaluate applicants for suitability for high moral, ethical, and mental standards set forth by the organization.- Mentor applicants to set goals, motivators and prepared them to meet and exceed those goals.- Instill mission accomplishment mentality within applicants to ensure their success at and beyond bootcamp.

•Led the transformation of the sections to ones whose reputation was always getting the job done no matter the complication or sophistication. •Migrated 8000 users from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013 without loss of data or business function interruption.•Managed an $800,000 government property inventory and created a system to account for all sensitive property and tasks needed to be accomplished regularly.•Developed and ensured the well-being of the junior personnel.

•Recognized by 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Commanding General for superior service and quick response for creating of a much-needed guide for those new to Japan on how to rapidly situate themselves and their families.•Developed training guides and gave instructed users on SharePoint 2013 use and configuration.•Significant contributor to the information management policy development, server build process, information migration stepped process, troubleshooting, and final configuration and design philosophy.•Developed rapidly deployable and managed SharePoint 2007/2013 environments enabling quick collaboration in mission critical environments.•Designed custom coded solutions including a new trouble ticket system to track common issues and address them at the source.•Managed security for over 200 separate SharePoint 2007/2013 sites and pages.•Created templates for commonly used sites and pages which reduced time spent on site deployment by 75% increasing the efficiency and effectiveness.•Rapidly troubleshot complex SharePoint issues across multiple network classifications ensuring uninterrupted collaboration.